Army’s Residential Communities Initiative
(RCI) Training Program

Introducing a Comprehensive RCI Housing Privatization Training Program

COURSES:

RCI 100 • Executive Overview of RCI
2 Days • All Stakeholders
DESCRIPTION: This course will cover the in-depth critical elements of the RCI Program focusing on the Procurement, Real Estate and Environmental requirements and outlines the processes involved prior to and throughout the development of the Community Development and Management Plan (CDMP). Course includes comprehensive RCI Reference notebook.

RCI 101 • RCI Procurement, Real Estate & Environment
2 Days • All Stakeholders
DESCRIPTION: This course will cover the in-depth critical elements of the RCI procurement, real estate and environmental requirements and processes involved in the initial and craft the Community Development and Management Plan (CDMP) stages of the project. Course will also address key stakeholder communications and coordination processes critical to a successful project.

RCI 102 • Team Building/Negotiating Skills
& CDMP Training—The Process
3 Days • Federal Stakeholders Only
DESCRIPTION: The first day of this three day program, provides the critical aspects of forming and working in a team, along with an overview of negotiating skills. The second portion of the course provides an in-depth perspective of the step-by-step requirements for crafting a comprehensive Community Development and Management Plan.

RCI 103 • RCI Portfolio and Asset Management Program (PAM) including Annual Survey Meeting
3 Days • All Stakeholders
DESCRIPTION: This course explains and provides details on the roles of both the ASAIE Portfolio Manager and the Installation Asset Manager, PAM Program requirements, performance metrics, project accomplishments and lessons learned.

RCI 104 • RCI Program Management & Professional Development Seminar
4 Days (Annual) • All Stakeholders
DESCRIPTION: This forum brings together practitioners from existing and future RCI projects to discuss successes and challenges so that winning strategies can be integrated into the entire program.

RCI 105 • Asset Manager Professional Development Seminar
2.5 Days • 2.0 CEUs • This course is intended only for current Asset Managers, Headquarters personnel performing Portfolio level oversight and individuals who are moving into one of these positions
DESCRIPTION: RCI Housing & Asset Managers are expected and encouraged to foster both a learning organization and continually improve their own personal skill sets. This course has been developed to assist as part of this continuing education and professional development process. The intended student audience are those individuals currently in charge of a privatization project or those are the Headquarters level providing oversight at the portfolio level. The seminar will further prepare these individuals to meet the external challenges that all projects will face as privatization matures past the Initial Development Period and to recognize the internal challenges that the changes in the workforce of the 21st Century will carry with them.

Emphasis is place on learning through analysis of various case studies and group exercises. Upon completing the course, the managers will be better able to:
  • Understand how the private sector views real estate transactions as a way of doing business
  • Understand the leadership and management challenges that will be faced in this new century
  • Prevent “knowledge loss” as the “boomer” generation retires en masse
  • Understand what “green” and “sustainability” mean and how it applies to a privatization project
  • Make informed decisions through an understand of proper problem solving techniques
  • Better apply the principles of Project Management as a discipline
  • Recognize the proper usage and employment of Strategic Planning

RCI 106 • RCI Resident Assessment Survey
2 Days • All Stakeholders
DESCRIPTION: This interactive class presents the basic methodology of the Resident Survey and discusses in detail how to interpret and use the results of the online reporting system (Web Enabled Survey System or WESS). Changes in local housing management operations are discussed in terms of improving overall resident satisfaction and are presented in lecture and exercises along with discussions of zero or low budget impact.

RCI Executive Finance
5 Days • All Stakeholders
DESCRIPTION: This course will address the following topics:

Examination of financial statements of real estate entities Valuation techniques in real estate Financial performance metrics in real estate Discussion of problems in financial management of real estate projects

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